Firstly, it was stated that the vacancy announcement did not state that any type of the candidates’ merits was to be given preference and that it was for the Council to assess their merits, that it was

The applicant’s son had his permanent residence in Toronto (Canada) but, at that time, was staying and had an   address in Slovakia as well.

Accordingly, the court rejected the applicant’s request without examining the merits of the question of constitutionality raised by him.

In her reply, dated 26 February 2008, the investigator did not address the question of confrontation. 16.

Merits Submissions by the parties 39.

    Merits 70.

In this situation, the Minister found that it was not necessary to address the question of whether internal relocation would be a possibility.

involvement of each of the participants in the group, tendentiously asserting that the police had targeted the Roma population when they were not influenced by the perpetrators’ ethnic affiliation, but merely

    The applicant and the Government each filed observations on the merits (Rule 59 § 1). 10.

    Neither the applicant, nor the Government filed additional observations on the merits. THE FACTS I.     THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 9.

Nevertheless, due to the prevailing attitudes in society persons could also be stigmatized by merely initiating criminal proceedings in respect of them.

  The Court heard addresses by them. THE FACTS I.     THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 11.

It was also decided to examine the merits of the applications at the same time as their admissibility (former Article 29 § 3 of the Convention) and to grant the case priority under Rules 41 and 61 § 2(

    Both the applicant and the Government filed observations on the admissibility and merits of the application. 10.

    Merits 20.

    On 10 May 2005 the Chamber decided that the admissibility and merits of the case should be considered jointly (Article 29 § 3 of the Convention and Rule 54A).

    The applicants and the Government each filed observations on the merits (Rule 59 § 1). THE FACTS I.     THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE 6.

Under the provisions of Article 29 § 3 of the Convention, it decided to examine the merits of the application at the same time as its admissibility. 4.

Merits 45.     The Court summarised the principles of confinement in glass cabins in Yaroslav Belousov (cited above, §§ 120-22).